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Thursday afternoon, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine met with Northern Virginia students and parents to discuss the future of higher education. During the roundtable at Villa Bella Ristorante in Burke, Kaine emphasized the importance of higher education to developing the world’s most talented workforce
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In his first rehab game, Mark DeRosa was hitless in two at bats but the Potomac Nationals walked off with a 5-4 victory in ten innings over the Winston-Salem Dash. The P-Nats start off the second half of the Carolina League season at 1-0. DeRosa, rehabbing a left oblique strain, struck out looking in his first at bat before lining out to right field in his final at bat
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The Richmond Flying Squirrels (36-36) returned to the .500 mark with a, 7-2, win over the Trenton Thunder (40-29) on Thursday night at Waterfront Park. The win netted the Squirrels the series, having taken two of the three games. Richmond has now won three consecutive series, and return to .500 for the first time since they were 20-20
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George Allen continued his conversation with Virginia small business owners with a tour of Tart Lumber in Sterling. Allen was joined by State Del. David Ramadan and 10th District Republican Committee Chairman John Whitbeck in hearing how a family-owned small business can be innovative and adapt in tough economic times
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Wednesday the approval of the first Virginia Tourism Development Financing project, a new program recommended by the Governor’s Commission on Economic Development and Job Creation
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Sunday night’s Waynesboro Generals game ended with Ryan Breen’s first career walk-off home run that pushed Waynesboro to a 6-5 win over Harrisonburg, and began 14 years ago when Breen first set up behind the plate as a catcher
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Matt Weaver powered the Hillcats offense today with his first multi-home run game as a pro. On the defensive side, Dimasther Delgado went seven strong innings and allowed just one earned run in the 6-1 Hillcats’ victory to close out the first half
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It is difficult to move forward if you are carrying a lot of baggage. Most governments have baggage that is holding them back. As a result, current budget discussions will likely not bear fruit. Instead, we kick the can down the road until the next budget season when the same can will be found sitting in the middle of progress
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Republicans will decide their 2013 statewide ticket by convention, reversing an earlier decision to hold a primary to name its candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. The move was made Friday at a meeting of the State Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia
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The Virginia Board of Health today voted to improve a draft of the permanent regulations governing health care centers providing five or more first-trimester abortions per year. It voted 7-4 to amend the proposed regulations to “grandfather in” existing health centers
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